Tigers continue to roll with 10th straight win

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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - More than a week after the Tigers started their
winning streak with a sweep of the White Sox, they haven't slowed down.

Detroit got four hits and three RBI from Ryan Raburn in a 14-4 rout of
Chicago, extending its winning streak to 10 games and reducing its magic
number for clinching the AL Central to five.

The Tigers pounded out 21 hits -- getting three from Delmon Young and Brandon
Inge -- to notch their first 10-game winning streak since 1968, when the club
won 11 in a row.

"Our goal has been to go out and win every ballgame," Inge said. "That's the
key for us, because we know if we win every ballgame no one can catch us."

Detroit began its current streak with a three-game sweep of the Sox from
September 2-4, which ended with an 18-2 clobbering during which it set season
highs in runs and hits.

Eight days later, not much has changed.

All the run support made for an easy victory for Rick Porcello (14-8), who
allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings.

White Sox starter John Danks (6-12) allowed eight runs -- seven earned -- in
five innings to take the loss. Chicago is 11 1/2 games behind Detroit, tied
with Cleveland for second-place in the division.

"I didn't do my job very good at all. I actually did a terrible job," Danks
said. "But like I said, they're playing pretty good baseball, now, too. I
don't know what else you can say."

Dayan Viciedo gave the White Sox a lead with an RBI groundout in the first
inning, but Detroit soon began to pile on the runs.

Victor Martinez singled to start the second, and two batters later Jhonny
Peralta drilled a bite-less and elevated cutter over the wall in left-center
field. Raburn followed by blasting a first-pitch curveball, which Danks left
over the plate, over the left field wall for a 3-1 lead.

Another run-scoring grounder pulled the White Sox within a run in the home
half, but the Tigers tacked on two more in the third. With runners in scoring
position and one out, Alex Avila drove in Young with a grounder and Peralta
singled in Miguel Cabrera.

It got worse for Danks, who allowed an RBI single to Young in the fourth and
two more runs in the fifth.

With Avila on second after a double, Raburn doubled, moved to third on an
error and scored on a wild pitch to make it an 8-2 game.

Josh Kinney took over in the sixth, when a string of singles turned the game
into a rout. With runners on the corners and nobody out, Cabrera, Martinez and
Avila had consecutive RBI base hits.

Raburn singled in a run two batters later, and Ramon Santiago's bases-loaded
double later in the inning made it a 14-2 contest. Kinney allowed every run.

Brent Morel hit homers in the seventh and ninth innings to complete the
scoring.

Game Notes

Detroit has won 19 of its last 25 against the White Sox, including 11 of 16
this season...Raburn matched a career high in hits...Morel, who has 10 career
homers, recorded his second career multi-homer game. He also hit two last
Thursday against Cleveland...Porcello tied a career high in wins. He went 14-9
during his rookie season of 2009.

Dayan Viciedo ground out third to first scored Juan Pierre with two outs. On the play, A.J. Pierzynski advances to second and Paul Konerko advances to third. Runners on second and third and Alex Rios due up.